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The communities taking renewable energy into their own hands
Ed Mayo
5th January, 2012
A new report by Co-operatives UK and The Co-operative Group examines those investing time and money in installing solar panels, wind turbines or hydro-electric power for their local communities more...
Green Business: Ecotricity
Peter Salisbury
11th October, 2011
It’s the biggest green energy company in the UK but that’s not enough for founder, Dale Vince. The next step, he tells Peter Salisbury, is to take on the ‘big six’ energy companies and show us all that renewables are the way forward more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Diana Vogtel, 350.org
Matilda Lee
7th September, 2011
The European coordinator of international climate campaign group 350.org talks to the Ecologist about civil disobedience outside the White House and why she's gearing up for September 24th more...
TAKE ACTION to stop nuclear weapons build in the US
Matilda Lee
31st August, 2011
In Kansas City, Missouri, people have lost jobs, schools have closed and hospitals have moved away. Now the government has subsidised a new federal nuclear weapons plant with $815 million in municipal bonds... more...
Kazakhstan’s nuclear legacy offers lessons for Fukushima
Matilda Lee
30th August, 2011
The Semipalatinsk region suffered under four decades of Soviet nuclear testing. Now, the country wants to become an international research hub for the effects of radiation on future generations. Matilda Lee reports from Kazakhstan more...
TAKE ACTION to save the UK's solar industry
Matilda Lee
8th June, 2011
Solar could provide one third of the UK's electricity demand. So why has the government recently slashed the feed in tariff? more...
Power: keeping it green
Henry Gass
3rd June, 2011
Angela Merkel’s decision to dispense with nuclear power has left environmentalists around the world exploring alternatives. Henry Gass weighs up the options more...
Record carbon emissions leave climate on the brink
Fiona Harvey, guardian environment correspondent
29th May, 2011
Highest ever carbon emissions from energy sector puts hopes of preventing temperature rises of 2C in doubt, according to IEA chief economist more...
Why UK nuclear power plants may cause childhood cancer and leukaemia
Dr Paul Dorfman
16th May, 2011
You won't hear the UK government admit it but after decades of research there is now evidence of real excesses of childhood cancer and leukaemia near some nuclear facilities, argues Dr Paul Dorfman more...
Should future generations be forced to deal with our nuclear legacy?
Tom Levitt
13th May, 2011
In producing nuclear power we are taking the benefits today but leaving the burden of cleaning up waste and accident risks to future generations, argues a study on nuclear ethics more...
How one town foiled energy giant ‘bribes’ over renewable grid
William McLennan and Tom Antebi
9th May, 2011
As Germany attempts to abandon nuclear power, one small town has successfully overcome industry intimidation and begun its own post-nuclear age more...
Wind industry and Decc urged to come clean on output of wind farms
Eifion Rees
4th May, 2011
With a new analysis showing UK wind farms operating at just 20 per cent of their capacity in 2010, the potential of wind power has been called into question. Eifion Rees examines the arguments from both sides more...
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Green Business: Good Energy
Peter Salisbury
4th May, 2011
In the latest in his exclusive series examining ethical businesses, Peter Salisbury reports on the rise of the leading eco-electricity supplier - and hears how it all started with a cocktail more...
Solar power: a niche or serious energy source for the UK?
Mark Jansen
27th April, 2011
Much more than just a tool to engage communities in climate change issues, the solar industry argues it could meet between 6-8 per cent of the UK's electricity needs by 2020 more...
Germany joins up with Lufthansa to sponsor biofuel six times worse than fossil fuels
William McLennan
19th April, 2011
Campaigners are outraged over airline Lufthansa and German government funding for jatropha biofuels trial more...
Only a quarter of UK population concerned about climate change
William McLennan
18th April, 2011
Twice as many people in India and Japan rank climate change as one of the most important environmental issues, highlighting the challenge facing UK policymakers and climatologists more...
UK shale gas boom 'may be dirtier than coal'
Tom Levitt
13th April, 2011
Despite outrage in the US over ‘fracturing’ techniques used to extract shale gas and new evidence its greenhouse gas footprint may be higher than that of coal, the UK has given the go-ahead to companies here to begin drilling. Tom Levitt reports from the centre of this potential unconventional gas boom near Blackpool more...
Revealed: how your country compares on renewable investment
Tom Antebi
29th March, 2011
A breakdown of how major countries compare on their success in attracting investment in wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy in the past year more...
Fukushima fall-out: why the nuclear industry's liability for an accident is too low
Dr Paul Dorfman
21st March, 2011
With Japan's nuclear catastrophe still far from resolved, Dr Paul Dorfman argues why nuclear remains 'economically unreliable' and why it will be the taxpayer who ends up being liable as well as facing all the risks more...
France pushes its faith in nuclear around the world
Terry Macalister, guardian energy editor
24th March, 2011
The French government is championing energy giants EDF and Areva as they try to build their nuclear businesses around the world more...
TAKE ACTION on nuclear power
Matilda Lee
18th March, 2011
With the Japanese nuclear disaster still unfolding, make your voice heard on Britain's sustainable energy future: say no to nuclear... more...
EU 'ignoring safety risks' in financing of nuclear expansion in Ukraine
Tom Levitt
17th March, 2011
As Japan's Fukushima disaster unfolds, the EU is financing a controversial nuclear expansion programme in Ukraine to increase exports to energy-hungry consumers in western Europe. Tom Levitt reports more...
Huhne accused of 'hypocrisy' for promoting offshore oil in Scotland and Arctic
Ecologist
4th March, 2011
Climate change minister urges more urgent cuts to greenhouse gas emissions while allowing renewed push for oil in remote regions more...
UK's 'fracking' gas-extraction is not unconventional says industry
Ecologist
2nd March, 2011
The controversial gas-extraction process known as 'fracking' is safe, says UK-based Cuadrilla Resources, and not a threat to ground or surface water supplies more...
Scramble to design supersized turbines to maximise wind power potential
David Strahan
1st March, 2011
Offshore wind power is crucial if the UK is to meet its renewable energy targets - but a lack of suitably powerful and reliable technology could hamper efforts, reports David Strahanmore...
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